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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Sat 29 Sep, 2007 09:28 am
What MATTER/MATTERS to me IS/ARE Bob and Joe.

I think it should be 'What matters to me are Bob and Joe.'

Thanks.
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contrex
 
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Reply Sat 29 Sep, 2007 09:51 am
"What matters to me are" is conversational and rather poor English. To be avoided, by reformulation if necessary.
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Sat 29 Sep, 2007 10:09 am
Hi Contrex

Could you please give me the rephrased version? Thanks.
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contrex
 
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Reply Sat 29 Sep, 2007 10:18 am
Well, e.g. "The people who matter to me are Bob and Joe", or "What matters to me is that Bob and Joe are all right"
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Sat 29 Sep, 2007 11:41 am
Thank you very much, Contrex.
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